Breaking Bad is not the kind of show that seems likely to get a spinoff, but that may be what occurs. Deadline is reporting that AMC and Sony (who produce Breaking Bad) are in very early discussions about a potential spinoff, which would focus on criminal lawyer Saul Goodman, played by Bob Odenkirk.

Deadline stresses that no deals are in place yet and the project is "in its nascent stages," but that Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan and series writer/producer Peter Gould are having conversations with AMC and Sony about a Saul series they would produce. Gilligan and Gould created Saul together when he was introduced as Walter White and Jesse Pinkman's oh-so shady attorney in Season 2 of Breaking Bad.

Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman in Breaking Bad

Saul is of course a comedic character and the spinoff would be a comedy, though we can only assume darkly comedic given the history of Saul and Breaking Bad. Deadline says options are being considered as far as making it a one-hour or half-hour project.

Breaking Bad will air its final eight episodes this summer. When discussing his plans for the finale, Gillgan has of course been secretive but Saul was the only character he would reveal would survive for sure. Said Gilligan, "I like to think of Saul as a cockroach in the best possible way. This is a guy who’s going to survive while the rest of us have been nuked into annihilation. He’ll be the worst-dressed cockroach in the world.”